Charles Ellis Davies MLC (1847 - 1921)

Born 13 May 1847 in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Sophia Margaretta (Wilson) Davies — married 16 Mar 1870 (to 12 Dec 1906) in Brunswick Street Wesleyan Church, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

Husband of Nellie Grace (Collins) Davies — married 24 Mar 1909 (to 1 Feb 1921) in St Andrews Church, Evandale, Tasmania, Australia

Died 1 Feb 1921 at age 73 in Pontville, Tasmania, Australia

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Biography

Charles Davies MLC has Jewish Roots.

Charles was born in 1847. He was the son of John Davies and Elizabeth Ellis. He passed away in 1921.

Charles Ellis Davies, newspaper proprietor and politician, was born on 13 May 1847 at Wellington, New South Wales. He was employed by the Victorian Railways as an engineer in 1866-69 before joining his father's newspaper, the Mercury to be trained for management.

Charles and his brother George took over the Mercury in 1871, eight months before their father died. The weekly Tasmanian Mail was begun during their term of management in 1877.

Charles, as managing director, was effectively in charge of Davies Bros Ltd. He was co-owner of Hobart's Theatre Royal in the 1890s. He helped form the Southern Tasmanian Agricultural and Pastoral Society in 1874 and was its secretary for twenty years.

In 1897 he was elected to the Legislative Council seat of Cambridge.

Charles and his brother George were Freemasons, and they were both elected members of the Royal Society of Tasmania in 1884.

Charles married Sophia Margaretta Wilson on 16 March 1870, at the Brunswick Street Wesleyan Church, Fitzroy, Melbourne

His second marriage was to Nellie Grace Collins on 24 March 1909, with Anglo-Catholic rites, at Evandale. They had a son and daughter.

Charles Ellis Davies died on 1 February 1921 at Pontville. He was buried in Cornelian Bay cemetery.

His funeral was described in The Mercury.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ 1921 'THE LATE HON. C. E. DAVIES.', The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), 4 February, p. 5. , viewed 23 May 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23481029

• Peter Boyer, 'Davies, Charles Ellis (1847–1921)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/davies-charles-ellis-6374/text10063, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 23 May 2024.

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212819068/charles_ellis-davies: accessed May 23, 2024), memorial page for Charles Ellis Davies (1847–2 Feb 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 212819068, citing Cornelian Bay Cemetery And Crematorium, Hobart, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia; Maintained by Tanya Murray (contributor 49442830).